Jam Crack - The Niall Grimes Climbing Podcast

Niall Grimes

Irish / Sheffield climber and author Niall Grimes in conversation with top dogs, cool cats and committed crag rats from the neighbourhood and the international climbing scene. Also classic climbing stories read aloud for your aural pleasure. Mmmmmmm! See more at http://www.niallgrimes.com

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20 episodes
Updated Friday

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Friday · 1 hr 39 min
JCPC 206 Tom Livingstone
Tom Livingstone is a hugely driven mountaineer, alpinist and rock climber. He has redpointed up to 8b+ and trad E9 and is best-known internationally for a first ascent on Latok 1 for which he won the acclaimed Piolets d'Or.
July 16 · 2 hr 7 min
JCPC 205 Tina Breslin - Peace of Mind
She may be small but she likes to go tall! At 5 foot 2, Tina Breslin has to get creative to solve the sequences on the stunning highballs on remote gritstone crags of North Yorkshire. But when she does, she find a peace and silence of mind that is impossible to find in everyday life. Let's hear her crack.
June 29 · 46 min
JCPC 204 Ascent: The Rise of British Rock Climbing
Anthony King talks about his book, Ascent, which weaves his personal experiences with the rise and change of rock climbing in Britain over a century.
June 24 · 1 hr 15 min
JCPC 203 Jason Pickles part 2 - Potter, Leo, Honnold and me.
Part 2 of this incredible chat. Part 1 in previous show.
June 17 · 1 hr 5 min
JCPC 202 Jason Pickles pt 1 - Dean Potter, Honnold, Leo and me
Jason Pickles spent the best part of a decade in Yosemite hanging with the fabled Stone Monkeys. Here we hear about Jason's times there and time spent ith Dean Potter, Leo Houlding, Alex Honnold and others. Banging.
June 2 · 1 hr 31 min
JCPC 201 Lena Drapella
As official photographer for World Climbing, Lena gets to witness the action we don't. Let's hear about what she sees when she looks outside and in.
April 29 · 1 hr 46 min
JCPC 200 What Climbing has Taught Me
Just me, folks. Reflecting on some of the lessons climbing has taught me and playing some beautiful music x
April 1 · 1 hr 39 min
JCPC 199 Eben Muse - Landscape, Language and the Llanberis Pass
Welsh-born Eben is passionate about wild places and his and others' rights to be there. We chat about his Welsh childhood and how that and the outdoors have shaped him. Together we look to understand the cultural and social world of North Wales in the face of it's huge popularity with visitors.
March 13 · 1 hr 4 min
JCPC 198 Adam Ondra - more milk from the GOAT part 2
Second part of this lovely chat with the greatest climber who has ever lived. In this one we dig deep into his flashing of 8C boulder problems, thoughts on going harder again and about climbers who really impress him.
March 10 · 1 hr 15 min
JCPC 197 Adam Ondra - More milk from the GOAT part 1
The world's greatest climber returns to the show to talk Olympics, B.I.G, YouTube, bouldering and more.
March 2 · 1 hr 9 min
JCPC 196 Ben Bransby part 2
Part 2 of the Ben Bransby chat. Talking about losing his dad on an expedition, Patagonia, Leeds, Chris Wentworth, family and mental illness, not climbing all of Stanage. Brilliant.
February 27 · 1 hr 29 min
JCPC 195 Ben Bransby part 1
Trad master, old-school hone and all out legend Ben Bransby spills his bean. Ben pushed the cutting-edge of trad climbing, going ground-up on E9 when E9 was top of the pops. His easy attitude and spirited approach made his ascents so much more then numbers alone could tell. Cool guy, check it out.
Dec 29, 2025 · 1 hr 43 min
JCOPC 194 Mat Wright
Elite climber Mat Wright is cut from a different cloth than your average professional crimp-jockey. We hear about Mat's journey from a sometimes-fractious childhood all the way to 9a, 8C and E11 (not really). Mat opens up about some frisky situations along the way to enlightenment. Much crack.
Dec 11, 2025 · 42 min
Jam Crack Archives: The View from Dead Horse Point
A classic Jam Crack story episode from 2016. Chris Schulte reads the classic tale of climbing exploration in the American desert. Pure gold.
Dec 3, 2025 · 1 hr 26 min
JCPC 192 Hamish Frost
Scottish winter climbing activist and photographer Hamish Frost traces his career in the outdoors, thinks about his art and delves into his experience of coming out in the world of climbing.
Nov 19, 2025 · 2 hr 26 min
Jam Crack Archives: Taylor Parsons
One from the vaults of 2021. Taylor Parson's incredible story of transition from world-class boulderer to mum of three and the trauma and passion that mapped the way. Trigger warning: suicide references.
Nov 16, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min
JCPC 190 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 2
Part two of this double. Hear about the origins of speedy aid and how the pair got on on their expedition to this beautiful mountain.
Nov 14, 2025 · 1 hr 25 min
JCPC 189 Pritchard Wainwright Trango part 1
In 1995 two of UK trad climbing's brightest stars left Llanberis for Pakistan's Trango Tower. Paul Pritchard and Adam Wainwright honed their skills and boldness on the sea cliffs of North Wales. Their lives led them onto bigger things. In part one of this two-parter we trace a line through their friendship, what climbing was like in the early 1990s and their motivations to go to Pakistan.
Oct 31, 2025 · 49 min
JCPC 188 Holy Shit
I set off to introduce the Pritchard wainwright podcast but accidentally talk crap for 50 minute. Apologies all round. Big love x
Oct 10, 2025 · 1 hr 45 min
JCPC187 Siebe Vanhee - Pembroke rampage
Pembroke is surely the UK's favourite climbing holiday destination. This year Belgian Siebe Vanhee came to visit. Between visits to the pub and nights' camping in the field, he amassed a mindblowing ticklist of onsights and flashes of many of the country's best trad routes. Hear all about that, as well as being beaten by the Dawn Wall and future plans at 7000m. Thanks to this week's sponsors, Summit Financial Services https://www.summit-fs.co.uk/